The invention relates to the technical field of
chemical production, in particular to a production method of double-kettle-switching continuous chlorination. According to the invention, two reaction kettles are connected in series, and the double reaction kettles are alternately switched to serve as a main reaction kettle and an auxiliary reaction kettle for a chlorination reaction; after a solution in the kettle serving as the main reaction kettle is sampled and detected to meet requirements, the reaction of the main reaction kettle is finished, introduction of
chlorine into the main reaction kettle and the auxiliary reaction kettle is stopped, the main reaction kettle enters a discharging procedure, and the auxiliary reaction kettle is allowed to enter a heat preservation state; as materials are further fed into the main reaction kettle,
chlorine is continuously introduced into the main reaction kettle for a reaction, and the main reaction kettle and the auxiliary reaction kettle are switched when the main reaction kettle does not contain or contains a small amount of o-
chlorotoluene; and the original auxiliary reaction kettle serves as the main reaction kettle for a reaction, introduction of
chlorine is stopped and the reaction is stopped until the solution in the original auxiliary reaction kettle is sampled and detected to be qualified, then cooling and discharging are conducted, and the original main reaction kettle is used as the auxiliary reaction kettle to maintain a
reaction temperature in the kettle. According to the invention, the
continuous production of the chlorination reaction can be realized, a chlorine content in
tail gas is reduced, and the
raw material entrainment in the
tail gas is reduced.